Belleville, Illinois

Throughout the decades, the population of Belleville has increased steadily. Within the last few years the geographic size of Belleville has also increased dramatically. Belleville's economic, political, and geographic influence is great, not only on Belleville, but on all of St. Clair County.

As the public and business leaders of early Belleville planned to meet the challenge of growth during the nineteenth and early twentieth century, the present leaders in these respective groups must plan to meet the challenges of the twenty-first century.

Belleville is ready for all kinds of challenges. Belleville's population today is well over 43,000 people and the city has emerged as the Financial, Legal, Medical, and "Professional Center" of Southwestern Illinois.